From costumes to scrubs: Kenyan actress’ career pivot in US
Clarice Otieno, an award-winning actress and a surgical technologist based in Texas, USA, during the interview at Nation Centre, Nairobi on September 9, 2025.
In the early 2000s, Kenyans knew her as Mama Njoro, a sharp-tongued comedic anchor of NTV’s Red Korna. Today, Clarice Otieno — or Clarice McObama to her fans — navigates a life far removed from the sketch comedy stages of Nairobi.
Based in Texas for the past 18 years, she started acting back home with the likes of Mdomo Baggy on Krazie Kenyans.
